Abstract
Numerous applications require tunable high-power laser sources in the visible spectral region. Despite recent advances in solid-state laser technology, the important spectral region from ~530 to 670 nm is only accessible by dye lasers. Efficient generation of >100-mJ pulses, broadband tunable in the green to red region, can be obtained by Raman shifting of the XeF(C→A) excimer laser.1 Using liquid nitrogen (2326 cm−1) and hydrogen (4155 cm−1) as Raman active media the wavelength tuning range of the XeF(C→A) excimer from 460 to 520 nm can be shifted to 520-580 nm and to 580-650 nm, respectively.
© 1992 Optical Society of America
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